Tuesday, November 3, 2009

WHY WERE OASES IMPORTANT???

Many travelers relied on oases for many different reasons. It was used for drinking (obviously) and trade. Many boats could come in big oasis and trade with the neighboring cities around the oasis. This allowed prosperous growth in these cities. Some oases cities are Mecca and Medina.


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~ <3 Daphne Chiang

2 Comments:

Blogger antownknee (Anthony) said...

Excellent, the oases were used as a source of water AND trade for animals and animal products. Well done, check out my post. =)

November 3, 2009 at 8:16 AM  
Blogger Sunny said...

Great information! Oases were very important in the Arabian desert, and without them, I think that there would be no trade in Arabia!

November 3, 2009 at 8:39 AM  

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